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Hearing Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and the Path Ahead
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026 · Transcript · 34 transcript matches
COLONEL JUSTIN GORKOWSKI "by 2028, we're looking at about 19,000. Well, that begs the question, how many do we need? If you add in the gang suppression force, of course, you augment those numbers a little bit. In peacetime scenarios, academic figures and doctrinal figures state that you need about 2.8 security force personnel per 1,000 people. So for Haiti, that's about 30,000 personnel, over 30,000 personnel. If you combine Haitian national police and military personnel without the gang suppression force, we're probably looking somewhere 2029, but that's, again, without the gang suppression force. Not saying the gang..."
Hearing United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First Foreign Policy Through Strategic Diplomacy and Burden Sharing
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript · 8 transcript matches
SPEAKER_20 "where drugs, guns, thugs threatened the United States, our southern border, Europe, West Africa, and the Caribbean. We now have a gang suppression force with an offensive mandate with international troops, Francophone troops, not U.S."
Hearing Hearings to examine Haiti 2026, focusing on security and foreign assistance priorities.
senate State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee · Feb 10, 2026 · Transcript · 8 transcript matches
THE HONORABLE HENRY WOOSTER "It authorizes 5,500 uniformed military and police personnel to conduct intelligence-led, targeted counter-gang operations. The United States coordinates generation of the GSF as chair of the Standing Group of Partners. Fifteen countries pledged over 11,000 personnel for the GSF, the Gang Suppression Force, and last week, the Standing Group of Partners approved the slate of 5,500 personnel culled from that 11,000 number. The first units deploy in April. Clearing operations commence in May. The Gang Suppression Force will work from day one to put itself out of business as Haiti builds its own..."
CRS Report
The Posse Comitatus Act and Related Matters: The Use of the Military to Execute Civilian Law
Reports · Nov 6, 2018
The Constitution permits Congress to authorize the use of the militia “to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions.” And it guarantees the states protection against...
Testimony COLONEL JUSTIN GORKOWSKI
Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and th...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"by 2028, we're looking at about 19,000. Well, that begs the question, how many do we need? If you add in the gang suppression force, of course, you augment those numbers a little bit. In peacetime scenarios, academic figures and doctrinal figures state that you need about 2.8 security force personnel per 1,000 people. So for Haiti, that's about 30,000 personnel, over 30,000 personnel. If you combine Haitian national police and military personnel without the gang suppression force, we're..."
CRS Report
Back in Action, the U.S. Sentencing Commission to Resolve Circuit Splits on Controlled Substances and Sentencing Reductions
Posts · Dec 30, 2022
In 1984, Congress revolutionized federal sentencing. That year, Congress established the U.S. Sentencing Commission (the Commission) as an independent agency within the judicial branch and directed...
CRS Report
The Army Clause, Part 2: Drafting and Ratification History
Posts · Jul 22, 2024
This Legal Sidebar is the second in a five-part series that discusses the Constitution’s Army Clause, which authorizes the federal government to raise and support armies while also allowing for...
CRS Report
Defense Primer: Legal Authorities for the Use of Military Forces
InFocus · Dec 23, 2025
By the Framers’ apparent design, to keep the nation’s “purse” and the “sword” in separate hands and in other ways hinder the nation’s embroilment in unnecessary wars, the Constitution divides war...
CRS Report
Does Losing a Motion to Suppress Bar a Sentencing Reduction for Admitting Guilt? Federal Courts Are Split
Posts · Sep 14, 2023
The U.S. Sentencing Commission may soon address an issue that has divided the federal courts of appeals impacting the lengths of sentences for some criminal defendants who plead guilty after...
CRS Report
Turkey (Türkiye), the PKK, and U.S. Involvement: Chronology
Resources · Jan 10, 2025
Turkey’s (alt. Türkiye) decades-long struggle with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (Kurdish acronym PKK) has fostered both cooperation and contention between the United States and Turkey. The PKK, a...
Hearing Hearings to examine the national security strategy and the western hemisphere.
senate Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues Subcommittee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
THE HONORABLE MICHAEL KOZAK "In May 2025, the Trump administration designated Haitian gangs as foreign terrorist organizations. The swift mobilization of the Gang Suppression Force will help restore Haiti's baseline security, prevent state collapse, and deter mass illegal migration to the United States. We expect to see greater gains as the Gang Suppression Force fully deploys and as the Haitian police increase their numbers, thanks to a program developed by our colleagues in the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law"
CRS Report
Defense Primer: Congress’s Constitutional Authority with Regard to the Armed Forces
InFocus · Dec 23, 2025
Article I, Section 8, Clauses 11-14 The Congress shall have power *** ; To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water. To raise and...
Testimony MAST, BRIAN J.
Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and th...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"The hearing will assess the failure of the previous multinational security support mission, the design, deployment, and funding of its successor, the gang suppression force. In addition, the Haitian police and their military have been severely weakened, in part due to the legal migration, which has allowed gangs to take control of areas like"
Testimony MAST, BRIAN J.
Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and th...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"This is exactly why I advocated for not sending any contributions to the United Nations, because this is the kind of boondoggles that they run. The United Nations authorized mission that replaced it, the gang suppression force, is built differently and hopefully learns from the mistakes of the past. It is more kinetic force, with a direct action mandate to unilaterally take the fight to the"
Testimony MEEKS, GREGORY W.
Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and th...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"The United States should offer sustained support, and we must work with like-minded countries around the world. But as partners, not as architects. That brings me to the Gang Suppression Force. With proper implementation, the GSF can help Haitian authorities push back against"
Testimony MAST, BRIAN J.
Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and th...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"The Honorable Michael Kozak, Senior Bureau Official for the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, and Colonel Justin Gorkowski, Co-Lead of the Haiti Gang Suppression Force Tiger Team at the U.S. Department of War. This committee recognizes the importance of the issues before us and is grateful to have you here to speak with us today. Your full statements will be made a part of the record, and I'll ask each of you to try to keep your spoken remarks to about five..."
Testimony THE HONORABLE MICHAEL KOZAK
Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and th...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Resolution 2793. With this new mandate, the United States, as chair, and five other regional countries make up the standing group of partners, and they've recruited qualified participating states to deploy as a gang suppression force. U.N. logistics will support the GSF, a burden previously incurred almost entirely by"
Testimony COLONEL JUSTIN GORKOWSKI
Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and th...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Thank you, sir. Chairman Mast, Ranking Member Meeks, distinguished members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today about Haiti and the Gang Suppression Force. I'm pleased to begin today's testimony by informing you that exactly one month ago, the Gang Suppression Force initiated operations to retake territory in Haiti previously controlled by terrorist gangs, resulting in several detainees, weapons seized, and incendiary devices"
Testimony THE HONORABLE MICHAEL KOZAK
Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and th...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"which is completely, or was a completely decimated bunch, and not to be able to go out and run operations of their own. So that's what we've tried to correct with the Gang Suppression Force, is to make it much bigger. In the meantime, too, our colleagues in the Bureau of Narcotics and Law"
Testimony THE HONORABLE MICHAEL KOZAK
Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and th...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"The actual people who show up on any given day are probably more like 6,000, and of those, something like 400 do most of the fighting. So the whole idea here is to get the Haitians beefed up, but also to have the Gang Suppression Force sizable enough, and with a more"
Testimony KEATING, WILLIAM R.
Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and th...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"We have a task force, a gang suppression force there, militarily, and these people were given status because of that"
Testimony KIM, YOUNG
Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and th...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Today only 100 Haitian police officers do most of the fighting. The P4000 program is actively striving to train more, understand? So what do you think is a realistic timeline for Haitian forces to take the lead and what more do they need from us to get there? Thank you very much. Ambassador Kozak, the State Department has played a central role in supporting the gang suppression force through diplomatic engagement with partner nations and the United Nations. So what specific diplomatic steps has..."
Testimony PERRY, SCOTT
Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and th...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"By nearly every account, it's been ineffective, undermanned, underfunded, unable to dislodge the gangs. And now we're told the answer is to relabel it, stand up the gang suppression force, target 5,500 troops, and try again. I'm here to ask the committee, why should we believe, the people on this"
Testimony OLSZEWSKI, JOHNNY
Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and th...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"so long as the conditions for children remain unchanged. The U.N. Security Council laid out strong safeguard measures in the Haiti gang suppression forces mandate. It required that child protection be taken fully into account in the planning and the conduct of its operations and that apprehended children be referred to child protection actors and not"
Testimony COLONEL JUSTIN GORKOWSKI
Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and th...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"And survival has become the only option in these areas that they operate. We accounted for this in our design of the gang suppression force and we reinforced our pre-deployment training. So this is critical, about six weeks of training that each troop contributing country participates in prior to the deployment to Haiti. And this is standardized. But additionally, and something new for the gang suppression force, is a mandatory two-week induction training. and with the gang suppression force..."
Testimony THE HONORABLE MICHAEL KOZAK
Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and th...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"we've seen to it that that function is being covered. It's not part of the gang suppression force. It's a separate UN activity, but it's a very important one. It has to work for this all to"
Testimony STANTON, GREG
Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and th...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Today, Haiti faces a deepening humanitarian humanitarian and security crisis. It's displaced over a million people, pushed the state toward and security crisis. the brink of collapse. Over the last year, gang control of Port-au-Prince expanded, internal displacement levels not seen since the 2010 earthquake, and this year's elections are likely to be postponed again, in large part due to insecurity in the country. The Trump administration helped establish the U.N.-backed Gang Suppression Force,..."
Testimony COLONEL JUSTIN GORKOWSKI
Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and th...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Yes, sir, doing the same thing, expecting the same results. Congressman, thanks for that question. I really can't emphasize enough how much this is an apples and oranges situation. The Gang Suppression Force was fundamentally designed with the previous 11 multinational force interventions in mind, and it's different in a few very critical ways. The first way is the mission. This is a very much counter-gang offensive operation focused on the mission, neutralizing, isolating, and deterring the..."
Testimony STANTON, GREG
Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and th...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"give us confidence that history is not being repeated? Colonel. From your perspective, what does success for the Gang Suppression Force look like? Of course, we're focusing on not just short-term violence reduction, but long-term stability for Haiti and the people of Haiti. What steps is the administration taking to ensure that the Gang Suppression Force fits within the broader U.S. strategy toward Haiti, addressing not just security, but also governance, judicial responsibility,..."
Testimony STANTON, GREG
Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and th...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"From your perspective, what does success for the Gang Suppression Force look like? Of course, we're focusing on not just short-term violence reduction, but long-term stability for Haiti and the people of Haiti. What steps is the administration taking to ensure that the Gang Suppression Force fits within the broader U.S. strategy toward Haiti, addressing not just security, but also governance, judicial responsibility, accountability, judicial impunity, humanitarian needs, and ultimately,..."
Testimony COLONEL JUSTIN GORKOWSKI
Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and th...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"and one of those, under international human rights law, we are, the Gang Suppression Force is restricted on their ability to do kill-capture-type operations of high-value targets, and frankly, we don't have the robust intelligence capabilities needed to do that effectively, so. The Haitian National Police,"
Testimony SALAZAR, MARIA ELVIRA
Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and th...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"So State Department and the Trump administration is in support of extending for five years the HOPE HELP Act. Beautiful. The gang suppression force. We're talking about 5,000 effective or men in uniform, not all of them"
Testimony SALAZAR, MARIA ELVIRA
Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and th...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Who pays for that? And do you think that this gang suppression force, the 5,000, will be able to – is there any way that we can barbecue, barbecue? Can we roast"
Testimony THE HONORABLE MICHAEL KOZAK
Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and th...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Take a look at the Human Rights Report and other reports that we've done over time. They're consistent on that, that there's a really big security problem in Haiti. That's why we are standing up the Gang Suppression Force, no doubt about it. I think you go back to the beginning of"
Testimony LAWLER, MICHAEL
Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and th...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"as well as the Biden and Trump administrations, to prioritize the problems in Haiti. President Biden oversaw the UN's Kenyan-led multinational security support mission, which was an absolute disaster and a failure, okay? The gang suppression force has the potential to work because the whole objective is to eliminate the gangs and allow for a stable government to take form and allow for a free and fair election. So, Colonel, can you share how the gang suppression force differs from this..."
Testimony COLONEL JUSTIN GORKOWSKI
Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and th...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"The biggest challenge that we began with was clearly identifying the problem. And the problem had been mischaracterized in previous intervention as a criminal problem. It's fundamentally not. It is a proto-insurgency, and we seek the gang suppression force to attack those proto-insurgent issues. So, the gangs are comprised, their operations are comprised of four critical elements. One's arms and"
Testimony COLONEL JUSTIN GORKOWSKI
Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and th...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Congressman, I do. Contractors are a part of conflict. Christopher Columbus was a military contractor. So it goes back through the duration of history. There are certainly elements of this conflict that the contractors and as a part of the Haitian task force, things that they can do and execute that are essential and there are elements that have to be done by the gang suppression force. There is justification for each of those parallel efforts but they must be parallel and I do think they have..."
Testimony MILLER, MAX L.
Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and th...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"that claim that there are anywhere between 700,000 and 900,000 Haitian migrants living in the United States. And although we all can understand why they do not wish to reside in Haiti, they cannot remain in the United States forever. So it follows that the United States Congress, as well as the federal government, writ large, has a vested interest in seeing some semblance of stability in Haiti. Naturally, the UN-led multinational security support mission was a nearly $1 billion failure, excuse..."
Testimony RISCH, JAMES E.
Hearings to examine the nominations of Justin Bytheway, of Utah, to be...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Sep 30, 2026
"And finally, Mr. Flens, as you know, Chad faces its own serious challenges with instability and insecurity. It is also in a challenging neighborhood, surrounded on all sides by conflict, terrorist insurgency and humanitarian crises in Sudan, Libya, Niger and others. This is troubling as Chad is an important security partner for the United States, currently deploying troops to the gang suppression force in Haiti. Chad is also a long-standing contributor to regional counterterrorism missions and..."
Testimony SPEAKER_20
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"where drugs, guns, thugs threatened the United States, our southern border, Europe, West Africa, and the Caribbean. We now have a gang suppression force with an offensive mandate with international troops, Francophone troops, not U.S."
Testimony SPEAKER_20
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"struggling under these types of oppressive circumstances around the world, and as a veteran of Afghanistan, I've seen the worst of the worst. Well, I'll, I'll hand the mic over to our reform ambassador, but I'll tell you we're trying two different things, at least in our time under President Trump's leadership. The Gang Suppression Force has an offensive mandate, unlike everything that's been tried before, so they can go after the likes of Barbecue and ESO and others that are recruiting child..."
Testimony SPEAKER_20
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Whether that's in DRC Congo or Western Sahara or Libya or other locations, they need to work themselves out of a job and not become a cash cow for the troop contributing nations and not become an excuse for the actors on the ground to not have to make the compromises they need to make to achieve peace. Thank you. We just had a report for the gang suppression force in Haiti with actual measures of success. It is, as we're a few months into the job, we're trying to undo 80 years of not always..."
Testimony SPEAKER_01
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chair. Ambassador Waltz, U.N. peacekeeping operations funding is a principal source of support for the new gang suppression force mission in Haiti, which will be critical to driving back the control of violent gangs in the country that are wreaking havoc on communities in our own hemisphere and worrying millions of Haitian Americans as they watch Haiti suffer. In fact, just the other day, you even said Haiti is only a few hundred miles from"
Testimony SPEAKER_01
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"And how does the administration justify defunding the United Nations, including slashing its peacekeeping operational budget, while simultaneously expecting it to take on a greater role in supporting the U.N. authorized gang suppression force? Ambassador Waltz, when you served in Congress, you were a staunch supporter of our Kurdish"
Testimony SPEAKER_20
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"As I mentioned earlier, some have been around for 30 to 40 years at the cost of a billion dollars a year and have not worked themselves out of a job, have not put peace in place. As it pertains to the gang suppression force, that's actually a hybrid funding model. The U.N. budget is supporting basically the logistics. And we have a separate trust fund, the Haiti Trust Fund, that a standing group of partners is contributing to. And we have effective oversight over both of those funds and we are..."
Testimony SPEAKER_20
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"The UN should be doing a lot of that. The next Secretary General should be leading those efforts. We are trying hybrid models in terms of Board of Peace or the Gang Suppression Force to overcome a lot of the shortcomings of the UN to try to bring stability in efforts around the world. But I find it laughable when critics talk about President Trump as not engaged around the"
Testimony THE HONORABLE MICHAEL KOZAK
Hearings to examine the national security strategy and the western hem...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"In May 2025, the Trump administration designated Haitian gangs as foreign terrorist organizations. The swift mobilization of the Gang Suppression Force will help restore Haiti's baseline security, prevent state collapse, and deter mass illegal migration to the United States. We expect to see greater gains as the Gang Suppression Force fully deploys and as the Haitian police increase their numbers, thanks to a program developed by our colleagues in the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law..."
Testimony SPEAKER_45
Department of State FY 2027 Budget Request: A Commitment to America Fi...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 3, 2026
"It was helpful as a forum in the Security Council, for example, in standing up the new mission in Haiti, in which the U.S. contribution is dramatically reduced and partner nations around the world, because of the UN approval, are now able to step forward and provide not just money, but actual troops for the Gaian Suppression Force. Likewise, we have 130-some-odd co-sponsors of a resolution, the largest number of co-sponsors ever for a resolution in the Security Council condemning what's..."
Testimony MARCO RUBIO
Oversight Hearing – Department of Justice
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 2, 2026
"So it's an all hands on deck approach, and I would say almost anywhere you travel in the world, you will find if you interact with our embassy, that critical minerals and critical mineral agreements and critical mineral cooperation has become central and core focus of our economic diplomacy around the world. Well, on Haiti, we have this gang suppression force which replaced the MSS that was standing there. It will come at a fraction of the cost to the U.S., about $100 something million versus..."
Testimony THE HONORABLE HENRY WOOSTER
Hearings to examine Haiti 2026, focusing on security and foreign assis...
senate Appropriations Committee · Feb 10, 2026
"It authorizes 5,500 uniformed military and police personnel to conduct intelligence-led, targeted counter-gang operations. The United States coordinates generation of the GSF as chair of the Standing Group of Partners. Fifteen countries pledged over 11,000 personnel for the GSF, the Gang Suppression Force, and last week, the Standing Group of Partners approved the slate of 5,500 personnel culled from that 11,000 number. The first units deploy in April. Clearing operations commence in May. The..."
Testimony AUSTIN HOLMES
Hearings to examine Haiti 2026, focusing on security and foreign assis...
senate Appropriations Committee · Feb 10, 2026
"stabilize, and sustain hope for Haiti. Thank you. I welcome your questions. As discussed with the gang suppression force, there are two fundamental obstacles, I think, that must be addressed. Corruption and a stabilizing function on the other side that looks like a Haitian institutional security solution. Outside of those two things, Outside of those two things, the endemic corruption and a long and enduring and durable Haitian security solution, we risk making the same mistakes that we've seen..."
Testimony MULLIN, MARKWAYNE
Hearings to examine Haiti 2026, focusing on security and foreign assis...
senate Appropriations Committee · Feb 10, 2026
"Thank you so much for your testimony. Does either one of you guys have to leave early? If you do, I can... Okay, then let's go ahead and just go through this. Thank you once again for both you guys, the testimony. I just want to start with a question for both. How do we fix it? If the gang suppression force is fully intact, what's different from the previous force that's been put in place? What makes us convinced that this is going to work if in the past they haven't been"
Testimony THE HONORABLE HENRY WOOSTER
Hearings to examine Haiti 2026, focusing on security and foreign assis...
senate Appropriations Committee · Feb 10, 2026
"Senator, I think I might be able to address that, or at least in part. So the gang suppression force, the first units are supposed to arrive and they will arrive on 1"
Testimony THE HONORABLE HENRY WOOSTER
Hearings to examine Haiti 2026, focusing on security and foreign assis...
senate Appropriations Committee · Feb 10, 2026
"This we can come back to in a second because it does include the roadways that would enable the passage of commerce, of human beings, of humanitarian aid. And number three, enhance the capabilities of the security forces of Haiti. So establishing the security of major routes, that is an objective, a key objective of the GSF, of the Gang Suppression Force. Not humanitarian corridors per se, but just so it, they are functionally one and the"
Testimony AUSTIN HOLMES
Hearings to examine Haiti 2026, focusing on security and foreign assis...
senate Appropriations Committee · Feb 10, 2026
"Yes, sir. I believe that the risk that we're discussing with the Gang Suppression Force is, most of the gang activity that we're discussing is around the greater Port-au-Prince area. They've also expanded into four of the other 10 departments of Haiti in total. So we're talking about a 5,500-man force, augmenting a 6,000-man force with the police as Ambassador Wooster has"
Testimony AUSTIN HOLMES
Hearings to examine Haiti 2026, focusing on security and foreign assis...
senate Appropriations Committee · Feb 10, 2026
"We have the last 40 years that point to that. And so what we're proposing is a dual framework in addition to the gang suppression force to augment, train, and to leave behind Haitian security forces that can sustain in a durable manner. Thank you, Senator Bozeman, for that"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Justin Bytheway, of Utah, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Tonga, William Flens, of the District of...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Sep 30, 2026 · Transcript
RISCH, JAMES E. "And finally, Mr. Flens, as you know, Chad faces its own serious challenges with instability and insecurity. It is also in a challenging neighborhood, surrounded on all sides by conflict, terrorist insurgency and humanitarian crises in Sudan, Libya, Niger and others. This is troubling as Chad is an important security partner for the United States, currently deploying troops to the gang suppression force in Haiti. Chad is also a long-standing contributor to regional counterterrorism missions and"
Hearing Department of State FY 2027 Budget Request: A Commitment to America First Foreign Policy
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 3, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_45 "It was helpful as a forum in the Security Council, for example, in standing up the new mission in Haiti, in which the U.S. contribution is dramatically reduced and partner nations around the world, because of the UN approval, are now able to step forward and provide not just money, but actual troops for the Gaian Suppression Force. Likewise, we have 130-some-odd co-sponsors of a resolution, the largest number of co-sponsors ever for a resolution in the Security Council condemning what's happening in the Straits of Hormuz and authorizing countries to potentially do something about it...."
Hearing Oversight Hearing – Department of Justice
house Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee · Jun 2, 2026 · Transcript
MARCO RUBIO "So it's an all hands on deck approach, and I would say almost anywhere you travel in the world, you will find if you interact with our embassy, that critical minerals and critical mineral agreements and critical mineral cooperation has become central and core focus of our economic diplomacy around the world. Well, on Haiti, we have this gang suppression force which replaced the MSS that was standing there. It will come at a fraction of the cost to the U.S., about $100 something million versus $800 or $900 million, because other countries have stepped up and donated to it. The force is..."
Hearing an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 10304, the Drone Safety Statement Modernization Act of 2026; ANS to H.R. 6448, the Rural...
house Transportation and Infrastructure Committee · Sep 15, 2026 · Transcript
GALLAGHER, JAMES "This bill addresses a very real and growing safety challenge, unauthorized drone operations within restricted airspace. During the Palisades fire in California, a recreational drone struck a super scooper aircraft and forced firefighters to halt aerial suppression at a critical moment. In the Dixie fire, initial air attack was grounded because of interference by a drone in that airspace. That fire ultimately grew to almost a million acres, Mr. Chairman. This is a serious issue. When wildfire is burning, our crews should be focused on fighting the fire, containing the flames,"
Hearing Hearings to examine improving safety across the National Airspace System.
senate Aviation Safety, Operations, and Innovation · Jun 23, 2026 · Transcript
MR. JASON AMBROSI "The midair collision exposed a safety gap, the lack of an integrated ADS-BN mandate. Without it, pilots are forced to rely on last-second warning systems like TCAS that offer limited time, insufficient call-out information, and are suppressed near the ground, like in the airport environment. Pilots are the safest when we are aware of and can avoid"
CRS Report
Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2023
Report · Jun 7, 2023
This report lists hundreds of instances in which the United States has used its Armed Forces abroad in situations of military conflict or potential conflict or for other than normal peacetime...
Testimony WILSON, JOE
Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and th...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Indeed, I'm glad, General, that all this is being monitored. Bangladesh should be applauded, Ambassador, to provide the Gang Suppression Task Force's largest contingent, nearly 1,600 personnel, and the schedule counts on more than double the force in"
CRS Report
The War and Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan
Resources · May 16, 2025
The conflict in Sudan that began in 2023 between rival elements of its security forces has fueled the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. More than 15 million people are displaced, including over 11...
CRS Report
Reserve Component Personnel Issues: Questions and Answers
Report · Nov 4, 2026
Congress has historically shown interest in various reserve component (RC) personnel issues, such as pay and benefits, training and readiness, and career management. The term reserve component refers...
CRS Report
Kashmir: Background, Recent Developments, and U.S. Policy
Reports · Jan 13, 2020
In early August 2019, the Indian government announced that it would make major changes to the legal status of its Muslim-majority Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) state, specifically by repealing Article 370...
CRS Report
Defense Primer: Department of the Army and Army Command Structure
InFocus · Nov 4, 2026
Overview Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution stipulates, “The Congress shall have Power To ... raise and support Armies ... make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval...
CRS Report
Venezuela: Background and U.S. Relations
Reports · Dec 6, 2022
Venezuela remains in a deep economic and humanitarian crisis under the authoritarian rule of Nicolás Maduro, who has consolidated power since his reelection in a 2018 presidential vote widely deemed...
CRS Report
Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP): Overview of Recent Research, Legislation, and Selected Issues for Congress
Reports · Jul 3, 2023
Across many countries and in the United States, Indigenous peoples—women and girls in particular—are disproportionately affected by violence. In the United States, for example, 84% of American Indian...
CRS Report
Biodiversity and Conservation in Tanzania
Reports · Jul 31, 2024
Tanzania is rich in biodiversity and is home to several iconic species, including elephants, lions, black rhinoceros, and giraffes. Tanzania hosts 6 of 25 globally designated biodiversity hotspots...
Testimony GALLAGHER, JAMES
an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 10304, the Drone Sa...
house Transportation and Infrastructure Committee · Sep 15, 2026
"This bill addresses a very real and growing safety challenge, unauthorized drone operations within restricted airspace. During the Palisades fire in California, a recreational drone struck a super scooper aircraft and forced firefighters to halt aerial suppression at a critical moment. In the Dixie fire, initial air attack was grounded because of interference by a drone in that airspace. That fire ultimately grew to almost a million acres, Mr. Chairman. This is a serious issue. When wildfire is..."
Testimony MR. JASON AMBROSI
Hearings to examine improving safety across the National Airspace Syst...
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Jun 23, 2026
"The midair collision exposed a safety gap, the lack of an integrated ADS-BN mandate. Without it, pilots are forced to rely on last-second warning systems like TCAS that offer limited time, insufficient call-out information, and are suppressed near the ground, like in the airport environment. Pilots are the safest when we are aware of and can avoid"
Hearing Hearings to examine S.5402, to extend authorizations for aquatic ecosystem restoration projects, multi-benefit watershed health projects, and...
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Sep 16, 2026 · Request transcript